Self-assembled molecular wires from organoiron metalloligands and ruthenium tetramesitylporphyrin

Inorg Chem. 2010 Oct 18;49(20):9101-3. doi: 10.1021/ic1012445.

Abstract

A trinuclear assembly of two (η(2)-dppe)(η(5)-C(5)Me(5))FeC≡C(4-Py) (Py = pyridyl) metalloligands apically coordinated to a ruthenium(II) tetramesitylporphyrin is demonstrated to behave as a molecular wire in the monooxidized state.